INDEX 



Abbreviations, 35. 



Accounts, importance of, 380; kind to 

 keep, 380; ledger, 382; methods of 

 keeping, 380; milk record, 337; refer- 

 ences, 388; work report, 381; 



Acid phosphate, 123; fertility in, 408. 



Addresses of colleges and experiment 

 stations, 403. 



Age of horses, how told, 308. 



Agricultural colleges, addresses of, 403. 



Agricultural exports, 414. 



Agricultural imports, 414. 



Agricultural technology, defined, 2. 



Agriculture, compared with manufactur- 

 ing, 414; denned, 1; divisions of, 2. 



Alfalfa, discussion of, 188; composition 

 of, 284; culture, 189; digestibility of, 

 287; digestible food per acre, 410; 

 digestible nutrients in, 410; fertility 

 in, 408; for hogs, 360; history, 188; 

 inoculation, 118, 192; lime for, 126; 

 190; production value as food, 411; 

 references, 242; rotations with, 279; 

 seed, number per pound, 32; seed, 

 source and hardiness, 9; seeding rate, 

 32, 191, 405; seed references, 59; 

 soils for, 190; value per ton, 189. 



Alkali, 90; result of canal seepage, 90. 



Ammonium sulfate, 122; fertility in, 408. 



Animal food, importance of, 281. 



Animal products, 284. 



Animals, composition of, 60. 



Angus cattle, 325, 327. 



Anther, defined, 11. 



Apparatus, 400. 



Apple, adaptation of varieties, 9; care 

 of when not bearing, 70; crown gall, 

 250; digestible nutrients in, 410; 

 dwarf, 47; fertility in, 408; maggot, 

 258; original form, 10; Paradise stock 

 for dwarfing, 47; propagation of, 

 42, 44, 45; references, 243, 270; scab, 

 253; spraying, 265. 



Apple pomace, digestible nutrients in, 

 410; fertility in, 408. 



Apple worm. See Codling moth. 



Apples, weight per bushel, 406. 



Arsenate of lead, 264. 



Asexual reproduction, defined, 12. 



Ash, amount in feeds, 283; function 

 of, in feeds, 285; how determined, 

 283. 



Ashes, lime in, 128; fertility in, 125, 

 408. 



Asparagus, references, 243; time to fer- 

 tilize, 70. 



Ayrshire cattle, 225, 230; fat in milk, 

 328. 



Babcock milk test, 335; method of 

 making, 345. 



Bacteria, described, 97, 248; impor- 

 tance in soil, 97; relation to agricul- 

 ture, 1. 



Balanced rations, discussion of, 292; 

 cautions in using, 296. 



Bananas, exports and imports, 415. 



Barley, amount of water required, 67; 

 as a nurse crop, 183; averages for 

 ten-year periods in the United States, 

 acreage, production, yield per acre, 

 total value, value per acre, value per 

 bushel, 416; crop of the world,. 154; 

 digestible nutrients in, 410; fertility 

 in, 408; manure for, 137; oats and 

 peas, 182; production value as feed, 

 412; rotations with, 277; seed vital- 

 ity, 405; seeding rate, 405; value of 

 United States crop, 155, 413, 416; 

 weight per bushel, 406; weight per 

 quart, 412. 



Barley meal, weight per quart, 412. 



Barley straw, fertility in, 408. 



Barnyard manure. See Manure ; 



Basic slag, 124. 



Bathroom, 391. 



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